'He reminded us to love and help one another': A Bay Area Aztec dance group is remembering Gabriel Trujillo, a UC Berkeley student who was shot and killed in Mexico last week while on a research trip.
A Bay Area Aztec dance troupe is remembering Gabriel Trujillo, UC Berkeley student shot and killed in Mexico last week while doing plant research.A Bay Area Aztec group is dedicating this danza to Gabriel Trujillo, a UC Berkeley student killed last week in Mexico while doing plant research.
Manuel Garcia said Gabriel Trujillo was introduced to Danza Azteca In Lak'ech in 2017 by a UC Berkeley instructor. The instructor wanted Trujillo to find community. "From the get-go, you could just tell he's you know, very gentle, very considerate - open," Garcia said.Gabriel Trujillo, a UC Berkeley graduate student who was in Mexico doing field research, was killed last week in Sonora, Mexico. Local police authorities are investigating. This is heartbreaking news and campus officials have reached out to his family to offer support and assistance. Trujillo, a botanist, was a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the department of Integrative Biology.
Danza Azteca In Lak'ech holds practice every Tuesday and Thursdays. Thursdays practice in Antioch is about honoring Trujillo.Members brought photos, candles and flowers for the altar.Garcia says Trujillo was engaged and met his fiancé through the danza group. "The thing I want people to focus on is how much love he brought to everyone he was close to. He reminded all of us - I put a post - just remember, he reminded us to love and help one another," Garcia said."The way that he went is very traumatic, and he was a very spiritual being, and we want his spirit to travel where it needs to go," Garcia said.
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